Garment-fastening.



no. 714,390. Patented Nov. 25, I902.

m. m. McGBATN. GARMENT FASTENING. (Applies-hon fllud July 12 1902 (NoNodal.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIAN MAY MOGRATH, OF GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,390, dated November25, 1902.

Application filed July 12,1902. Serial n .115,2s7. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIAN MAY MOGRATH, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment- Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a device for fastening veils, neckties,handkerchiefs, or flowers, and in such connection it relates to theconstruction and arrangement of such a device.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple, efficient,and comparatively inexpensive device for fastening or holding veils,neckties, handkerchiefs, or other articles of adornment or utility,consisting, essentially, of a central rigid member forming the top orbar of a safety-pin and of two spring members projecting from oppositeends of the central rigid member into parallel relationship with saidcentral member, the whole of the same.

forming a substantially S shaped device, wherein the free ends of thedevice are yielding or springy and the intermediate connecting member isrigid.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood fromthe following description taken in connectionwith the acwhich Figure 1is a top or plan view of a fastening device embodying main features ofmy invention. Fig. 2'is a rear elevational view Fig. 3 is a sideelevational view thereof, and Figs. 4 and 5,are respectively top andunderneath plan views of a slightlymodified form of the device.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, a represents the centralmember of the device, consisting of a rigid portion forming the bar forthe pinmember b of a safety-pin. From the under face of the bar aprojects the-keeper c for the pin-point. The coil 1) of the pin memberhis soldered or otherwise secured to the under face of the bar a. Fromopposite ends of the central rigid member or bar a project the twospring arms or members a and (1 each parallel to the central member and'preferably having at their free ends a ball or knob a These arms a and aare of a thickness less than the central bar a and form, in conjunctionwith said bar as, an S- shaped device, wherein the arms a, and a areyielding or springy and the intermediate portion a is rigid. The arms aand a being springy are capable of being bent upward or sidewise awayfrom or'toward the central bar a to permit of the entrance and passageof the veil or other article under each arm a or a and over the centralbar a. The balls or knobs a serve to retain the veil or ribbon on thearms a or a and prevent slipping or accidental disarrangement of thematerial of the veil or ribbon upon said arms. In Figs. 4 and 5 theconstruction is substantially the same as heretofore described; but inthis form the rigidity of the central bar is secured by looping orplaiting the bar as at a.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A garment-fastening,comprising a central rigid bar, two spring-armseach projecting from an end of said bar into parallel relationship withthe central rigid bar, and a pin member forming with the central bar asafety-pin, substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

2. A garment-fastening, comprising a central rigid member, forming thebar fora safety-pin, a pin member coacting with said central rigidmember, and two spring-arms

